Movie Reviews and Previews Jim’s Electric Slide Jim Sturgess was photographed on the set of Electric Slide yesterday in LA. It’s the true story about a dude from the 80s who sold furniture but also robbed banks on the side because he thought that might turn on his girlfriend. Isabel Lucas plays the girlfriend. Aside from By Lainey • Nov 06, 2012 04:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx, super villain Back in 2010, Community star and comedian Don Glover was at the front of a grass-roots campaign to star as Spider-Man in the then-casting Amazing Spider-Man, a role that eventually went to Andrew Garfield. It was a good-natured push for a guy who is a By Sarah • Nov 02, 2012 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch goes for Oscar as the “fifth Beatle” THR is reporting that Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to play Brian Epstein, the late Beatles manager widely considered to be responsible for taking the band to superstardom, “the man who threw the biggest party of the 1960’s, but ultimately forgot to invite himself”. Epstein overdosed in 1967. He By Lainey • Oct 31, 2012 02:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney steps in, Star Wars safe at last Long-time victim of serial creator abuse, Star Wars, the plucky and beloved hero of generations of moviegoers, is reported to be in serious but stable condition at Disney Pictures in Burbank, California after Disney boss Bob Iger announced that, after being informed of the extent of abuse occurring at By Sarah • Oct 31, 2012 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gerard Butler: another weak open In Smutty Tingles on October 19 I wrote that I was “very curious about the box office for this Gerard Butler movie”. Gerard Butler makes a lot of movies. But none of his movies perform well enough to justify why he gets so many movies. (Please don’t come back By Lainey • Oct 30, 2012 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The best Bond ever? Skyfall is getting great reviews. Some people, prone to hyperbole, are even proclaiming that Skyfall is so great, it qualifies as the best Bond ever. They’ll be fighting over that forever. Let’s just agree then that Skyfall is better than the disappointing Quantum Of Solace and returns to By Lainey • Oct 30, 2012 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Multi-tasking GOOP Gwyneth Paltrow was in Spain for a day to promote Boss Nuit for Hugo Boss. She wore black leather at a photo call and then orange/red on the variety show El Hormiguero. Am underwhelmed by both outfits, particularly the bright dress although the shoes she has on with it By Lainey • Oct 30, 2012 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deflated by Twitter: Jim Sturgess edition This is Jim Sturgess at the LA premiere of Cloud Atlas last night getting ready for Movember I guess? Or a movie role? The moustache doesn’t bother me. There’s something else that bothers me more. Lately I’ve been hearing here and there that Jim and his long- By Lainey • Oct 25, 2012 04:00 pm
Maple Leaf This isn’t Four, it’s Peter For those of you - all of you -- who don’t remember, his name is Alexander Ludwig and he played Cato in The Hunger Games. It appears as though he’s working from the book of Jena Malone and Sam Claflin -- this is turning out to be a rather enterprising cast, By Lainey • Oct 24, 2012 02:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Long Dark Tea Time of Tony Stark’s Soul Lainey is already panicking about Iron Man 3, convinced from the new trailer that Pepper Potts will die and Tony Stark will be SO SAD and that this will be a super depressing superhero movie. This is the reason I’ve been excited for Extremis since it was confirmed at By Sarah • Oct 23, 2012 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Winona’s light reading Winona Ryder continues to work on Homefront in New Orleans. Here she is smoking out of her trailer and then heading to set with a copy of Meth & Method and a New Yorker. The film is about Jason Statham not getting on with a meth dealer played by James By Lainey • Oct 22, 2012 04:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Iron Man 3: Extremis is coming And you should be ready for it. We’ll save the nerd breakdown (nerd down?) for tomorrow when the first full trailer for Iron Man 3 is released, but today we’ve got a seventeen second teaser that, though brief, clearly says, YES, SH*T JUST GOT REAL. It also By Sarah • Oct 22, 2012 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch wins knives Sherlock was honoured by the Crime Thriller Awards last night in London. Here’s Benedict Cumberbatch at the event. He won Best Actor. They hand out knives encased in glass instead of trophies. I have to ask my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, to be sure but I feel like By Lainey • Oct 19, 2012 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is this Tris? Click here to read my review of Divergent and here for Insurgent. I am obsessed with the story. They started on the screenplay last year. Now I guess they must be closer because Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley is the frontrunner to play Tris. Deadline is as about as By Lainey • Oct 19, 2012 12:08 pm
Break Ups Scarlett & Sam? These are the first shots of Scarlett Johansson since it was revealed that she and that guy we can all forget about now are over. Page Six had a story the other day about how Scarjo’s been spending her time as a single. Apparently she was hanging out with By Lainey • Oct 18, 2012 12:41 pm
Media Manipulation Nicole Kidman’s long game I used to love Nicole Kidman, so much. In high school, my girl crushes were 1) Gwyneth Paltrow, 2) Nicole Kidman, 3) Lucy Liu (only Liu still merits a girl crush). Remember Moulin Rouge? Who didn’t love Kidman around Moulin Rouge? And then she was liberated from Xenu-captivity By Sarah • Oct 18, 2012 12:27 pm
